Awesome 80's songs?

Question

I am making a cd for my history class

so far.... i have collected

I Ran- A Flock Of Seagulls
C'mon Feel The Noise- Quiet Riot
Tainted Love- Soft Cell

and I cant decide between

We're Not Gonna Take It
I Wanna Rock

-Twisted Sister(both songs)

Answer 1

Hit Paraders Top 25:



25. Def Leppard 'Photograph'

24. Rush 'Tom Sawyer'

23. Cult 'Love Removal Machine'

22. Ozzy Osbourne 'Crazy Train'

21. Quiet Riot 'Metal Health'

20. Twisted Sister 'We're Not Gonna Take It'

19. Cream 'Sunshine Of Your Love'

18. Kiss 'Rock And Roll All Nite'

17. The Who 'Won't Get Fooled Again'

16. Motley Crue 'Looks That Kill'

15. Iron Maiden 'Number Of The Beast'

14. Led Zeppelin "Kashmir'

13. Motorhead 'Ace Of Spades'

12. Guns 'N Roses 'Welcome To The Jungle'

11. Scorpions 'Rock You Like A Hurricane'

10. Jimi Hendrix 'Purple Haze'

9. Nirvana 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

8. Deep Purple 'Smoke On The Water'

7. Aerosmith 'Dream On'

6. Queen 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

5. Van Halen 'Eruption'

4. Metallica 'Enter Sandman'

3. Black Sabbath 'Paranoid'

2. Led Zeppelin 'Stairway To Heaven'

1. AC/DC 'Highway To Hell'





According to VH1, heres the Top 40 Metal Songs:

(#40 - #1)



Breaking the Law - Judas Priest

I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper

Balls to the Wall - Accept

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Wait and Bleed - Slipknot

Metal Health - Quiet Riot

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night) - Def Leppard

Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie

Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions

Epic - Faith No More

Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax

The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson

Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden

Refuse/Resist - Sepultura

Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC

Freak on a Leash - Korn

Enter Sandman - Metallica

Paradise City - Guns N' Roses

I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister

Man in the Box - Alice in Chains

Slave to the Grind - Skid Row

Live Wire - Mötley Crüe

Walk - Pantera

Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine

Toxicity - System of a Down

Rainbow in the Dark - Dio

Bring the Noise - Anthrax

Peace Sells - Megadeth

Ace of Spades - Motörhead

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

Raining Blood - Slayer

The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

Detroit Rock City - Kiss

You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest

Back in Black - AC/DC

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses

Iron Man - Black Sabbath





About.com's Top 10 Hard Rock Songs of the '80s





Tesla - Modern Day Cowboy

Dokken - Into the Fire

Guns N' Roses - It's So Easy

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Motorhead - Ace of Spades

Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus

Judas Priest - Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise

Queensryche - Breaking the Silence

Scorpions - I'm Leaving You

AC/DC - Hell's Bells





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Answer 2

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Answer 3

I would have to say I wanna rock, great song, and a great band.



Other 80's stuff:

any Bon jovi

any Poison (suggestions: Talk Dirty to Me, Nothing but a Good Time)

Here i Go Again by White Snake

Skid Row (check out their first album, self titled)

Scorpions (Rock You Like a Hurricane)

Def Leppard (Pour Some Sugar on Me, Animal)

Foreigner (Juke Box Hero, Cold as Ice, Hot Blooded, etc)

Journey (Don't Stop Believing)

Kiss

L.A. Guns

Motley Crue

Night ranger

Round and Round by Ratt

Tesla

Britney Fox

Van Halen

Warrant

Answer 4

There are lots of great 80's songs...



Rock you Like a Hurricane - Scorpions

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Here I go again - WhiteSnake

Seventeen - Winger

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

I love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Talk Dirty To Me - Poison

Wild Side - Motley Crue

Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford

Answer 5

Well here I am adding my bit to History class--and Tainted Love stinks--I Ran is weak--and Quiet Riot is a cover. Clearly ya gotta pick We're Not Gonna Take it. And add:



I Got You--Split Enz

Whisper to a Scream--Icicle Works

Babylonian Gorgon--Alice Bag (aka The Bags)

Safety Dance--Men Without Hats

Driven To Tears--Police

Ohio--Pretenders

Answer 6

Ah-Ha-Take on Me

Tears for Fears-Shout/Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Stevie Nicks-Stand Back/I Can't wait

The Police-Every Breath you Take

Billy Idol-Rebel Yell/White Wedding

Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen

Golden Earring-Twilight Zone

Big Country- In a Big Country

Depeche Mode-Blasphemous Rumors

Journey-Faithfully

Def Leppard-Photograph/Pour some Sugar on Me

Night Ranger-Don't Tell me You Love Me/Sister Christian

Erasure-A little Respect

Answer 7

I Wanna Rock I think. I'm guessing you are looking for more?

Lay It Down-Ratt

Push Push-Cinderella

Too Fast For Love-Motley Crue

Tearin Down The Walls-Poison

Alice Cooper-Poison or I'm Eighteen

Skid Row

Cherry Pie-Warrant

Up All Night Sleep All Day-?(Finally remembered-Slaughter)

The Next To Be With You-Mr. Big

Answer 8

Here are a few more for your collection:



Pat Benatar- Heartbreaker

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock and Roll

Men at Work - Land Down Under

Berlin - Sex

Go-Go's - We Got the Beat

Scandal - The Warrior

Animotion- Obsession

The Romantics - What I Like About You

Answer 9

Both songs are awesome and I luv the 80's even though i was born in the 90's BUT! if I had to choose i would choose We're Not Gonna Take It

Answer 10

Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart

Love Song - The Cure

Love My Way - Psychadelic Furs

Answer 11

Its unclear to me of your making a cd w/ strictly 80s hard rock, but if your going to put some of the more pop on there

My vote is for



I wear my sunglasses at night - corey hart

THE BEST ONE HIT WONDER EVER!

I love



And def. White Wedding Billy Idol no matter what!!

Answer 12

any songs by the following are always great 80's songs



Material girl by madonna or any of her other 80's tracks



anything by boy george



Mc Hammer his song was huge (i'm pretty sure that was the 80's not the early 90's but I could be wrong)



Survivor-"Eye of the Tiger"



but out of the two twisted sister songs I'd go were not gonna take it

Answer 13

OK these r my favorites



The Cure-If you leave

John Waite-Aint missin you

Journey-( Wheel in the sky, Dont stop belevin)

Def Leppard-(bringin on the heartbreak, Photograph,pour some sugar on me)

Depenche Mode-Personal Jesus (a.k.a reach out and touch faith)

Talking heads-And she was

Rick Sprinfeild-Jesse's girl

John mellancamp-hurts so good

Billy Idol- (White Wedding, Sweet sixteen, Eyes w/out a face, Rebel Yell)

Tears 4 Fears-Head over heels

Eurythmics-(sweet dreams, here comes the rain)

David Bowie-younge american (check out other bowie to)

Micheal Jackson (billy Jean, Beat it, Thriller)

Ah Ha-Take on me (1 hit wonder)

Bangles-walk like an egyptian

Billy Squire-(Stroke me, everybody wants you)

Bon Jovi-(livin on a prayer, bad medicine, shot through the heart)

Mr. Mr.-Broken Wings

Pet Shop Boys-West end girls (great song)

Genesis-thats all

Peter Gabriel-solsbury hill

Phill Collins-(In the air tonight, i dont care anymore)

SIMPLE MINDS-DONT YOU FORGET ABOUT ME (love that song, ps, youll love it more if u watch the breakfast club)

Yes-owner of a lonely heart (check out more yes to)

U2-(havent found wut im lookin 4, unforgettable fire,with or without u, new yrs day, pride in the name of love)

Van Halen-(Aint talkin 'bout love, runnin w/ the devil, panama, ill wait, i cant drive 55, the cradle will rock,)

The Tubes-Shes a Beauty

Ramones-What i like about you

Guns n' Roses-(Mr. Brownstone, Welcome to the jungle, knockin on heavens door, dont cry, used to lover (but i had to kill her), sweet child of mine)

Poison-Nothin but a good time

Beach Boys-kokomo

Eddie Money-(take me home tonight, 2 tickets, shakin)



and yea thats basicly the best, also if you like girl bands then cidy lauper-girls jus wanna have fun, also the go gos/belinda carlilse

Answer 14

what about some sonic youth or the pixies or some good 80s music?



where is my mind by the pixies, the sprawl by sonic youth. those are two good ones.



i guess you're going for the cheesy 80s rock thing. go for def leppard obviously, that's your best bet. photograph or something.

Answer 15

I wanna Rock is slightly better,



Lick it up-KISS

Long Stick goes BOOM-Krokus

Run to the hills-Iron Maiden

Let's Get it up-AC/DC

too young to fall in love-Motley Crue......to name a few.

Answer 16

Dont forget:



Take me On- Aha

The Power of Love- Air Supply

Keep it Dark-Genesis

Jump-Van Halen? (not sure on the artist)



Best of luck!

Answer 17

"Baby Didn't Make it Through the Winter" by Randy Double Ott and the Amarillo Polecats.

Answer 18

i would go with were not going 2 take it judging by the songs u already have.

Answer 19

i don't care for we're not gonna take it, but i do love tainted love!



i think

white wedding- billy idol

sweet dreams (are made of this)- eurythmatics

you spin me round (like a record)- dead or alive

anything, anything- dramarama

Answer 20

ermm. both of

them are great!

thats a real toughy!